Archive for September, 2009

Sunday 4th October 2009
South Place Ethical Society, 3 pm, SPES Library at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1
Discussion: On the limits of toleration towards religion and other superstitious creeds
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Thursday 8th October
South Place Ethical Society
Large Hall, Conway Hall, 7 pm. Conway Memorial Lecture
Prof John Hedley Brooke on “Darwin’s Religious Journey: How Darwin changed his mind about religion”
For full details of SPES Programme see SPES Page at http://www.seculardiary.webs.com
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Sunday 11th October: Freethought History Research Group AGM at 2 pm, followed at 3 pm by Steve Freeman on “The Case For Republican Socialism”. Venue: Conway Hall.

Join us at Burston to commemorate the longest strike in history, and to celebrate the people who continue to fight for trade union rights, working class education, democracy in the countryside, and international solidarity.

In April 1914, Kitty and Tom Higdon, loved and respected teachers at Burston Village School, were sacked for their socialist and trade union views.

The pupils walked out in support and from then until 1939 the villagers and the Higdons, ran the ‘Strike School’, providing an education for local children.

Times change, but the struggle in rural areas for economic and social justice continues.

This year at Burston we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution, with music, speakers, and special children’s activities.

Speakers include Tony Benn, and Luis Marron (Cuban Embassy)

Burston Strike School – the longest strike in history

Organised by Unite with the support of SERTUC, Thompsons Solicitors and the Burston Strike School Trustees